3D printers commonly use materials that have low deformation temperatures to make printing with these materials easier. This is problematic if you need to thermally sterilize a 3D printed part. The solution is to use a heat-resistant material with a high-temperature 3D printer… generally with a price tag over $25k. Enter the Cerebus High Temperature […]
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Modifying an Orbital Shaker for bottom-illumination
This is an orbital shaker: There are some DIY ways to make an orbital shaker. One thing an orbital shaker is used for is growing biological samples. In which case control over light, and light cycles, may be important. Jakub Nedbal, Lu Gao and, Klaus Suhling have written up instructions for modifying an orbital shaker […]
An open source pick-and-place machine for $500
Pick-and-place machines are used to quickly and precisely place electronic components onto printed circuit boards. The open source IndexPnP with software powered by OpenPnP is a new cheap DIY pick-and-place machine. Commercial options cost thousands to tens of thousands of dollars. There are several open source designs already out there, a portion of which are […]
DMCdrive: a $10 micro-drive system for electrophysiology & optogenetics
In the field of neuroscience, micro-drive systems are used to position electrodes in order to make electrophysiology recordings. The DMCdrive is an open-source multi-tetrode for electrophysiology that costs ~$10 per micro-drive. It includes an optical fiber for optogenetic experiments and is demonstrated on freely moving mice. The device is presented in a paper on the […]
3D Print a Stethoscope
Here at Lab On The Cheap HQ we’ve received a few requests to look into ways that people might easily and cheaply transmit audio from a stethoscope over their phone to a medical practitioner they are teleconferencing with. While we are looking into the best solutions for that problem, we’ve noticed a lot of methods […]